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Difference between Script and Screenplay. Short Analysis.

The origin of the word “screenplay” started around the 1940s, but its origins and source are notoriously hard to track down – at least, according to most film historians.

While you would think the term “screenplay” and its format of script would’ve sprung forth naturally from the creativity of writers like other art forms, the creation of the screenplay and its format seemingly came together from a series of practical and technical business decisions.

Essentially, as the popularity of “movers” grew from a novelty side show to their own individual art form, the producers of these productions had to evolve their scripts from simple one paragraph summaries of what happened, referred to as “scenarios”, to something more similar to the screenplays of today by incorporating what’s known as “master scene” formatting.

The blog Screenplayology provides a great summary of literary sources that traces back the etymology of the term and popularity of the format, tracking the transition from these “scenario” scripts into camera-direction heavy “continuity scripts” as productions got more complicated, eventually leading to the development of the “master scene” format we now know.

The master scene formatting divides the screenplay into scenes separated by location; something that’s a staple of modern screenplays and screenwriting today